drag on

To continue for an excessively long time. This case has dragged on for months. When will it finally end? If this lecture drags on any longer, I'm gonna fall asleep! A: "How long is this weirdness going to drag on?" B: "I don't know. This is what happens when friends date and then break up."

drag on (someone or something)

1. Someone or something that one finds stressful or burdensome. I need a break—dealing with a crying baby all day is such a drag on me. Ugh, this project is such a drag on me—I can't wait till it's over. Can you watch the kids while I go get groceries? They're too much of a drag on me in the supermarket.

2. An instance of inhaling smoke from a cigarette or something else being smoked. Every time you take a drag on a cigarette, you're inhaling dozens of different toxic chemicals. The detective took a drag on his last cigarette and then crushed the butt beneath his heel. The first and only time I took a drag on a cigarette, I immediately started hacking and coughing.

drag on

Also, drag out. Prolong or be prolonged tediously. For example, The speech dragged on for another hour, or He dragged out the story in an excruciating manner. [First half of 1800s]